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Making Health Care Accountable: Why Performance-Based Funding Of Health Services In Developing Countries Is Getting More Attention. A Review, Nkenchor N. Igue
Making Health Care Accountable: Why Performance-Based Funding Of Health Services In Developing Countries Is Getting More Attention. A Review, Nkenchor N. Igue
Economic and Financial Review
This article examines the impact of performance based health funding in developing countries. It findings reveals that developing countries spent more on performance based health services which was identified as key factor to actualizing the target goal of the United Nation (UN) program called Millennium Development Goals.
Patient Insurance Status And Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders: Survival Of The Richest?, Gigi Nordquist
Patient Insurance Status And Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders: Survival Of The Richest?, Gigi Nordquist
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This study investigated the effect of patient insurance status upon physicians' decisions to write do-not-resuscitate orders (DNRs). Ninety-four physicians completed a questionnaire consisting of demographic data and a case vignette. In addition to the main research question, the study explored the effect of religious affiliation on writing DNRs and performing "slow codes." Results indicate that insurance status has a significant effect upon the likelihood of writing a DNR, with physicians more likely to write DNRs for patients covered by public (i.e., government-funded, as compared to private) insurance. Religious affiliation was also significant, with greater church attendance associated with a lesser …
"But I'M An Adult Now … Sort Of" Adolescent Consent In Health Care Decision-Making And The Adolescent Brain, Paul Arshagouni
"But I'M An Adult Now … Sort Of" Adolescent Consent In Health Care Decision-Making And The Adolescent Brain, Paul Arshagouni
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
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